Difference between revisions of "Thymus"

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===General===
===General===
*Extremely rare - only 17 case reports as of 2011.<ref name=pmid20034984>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = HS. | last2 = Gan | first2 = MF. | last3 = Zhou | first3 = T. | last4 = Wang | first4 = SZ. | title = Sarcomatoid thymic carcinoma arising in metaplastic thymoma: a case report. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 677-80 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1177/1066896909355458 | PMID = 20034984 }}</ref>
*Extremely rare - only 17 case reports as of 2011.<ref name=pmid20034984>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = HS. | last2 = Gan | first2 = MF. | last3 = Zhou | first3 = T. | last4 = Wang | first4 = SZ. | title = Sarcomatoid thymic carcinoma arising in metaplastic thymoma: a case report. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 677-80 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1177/1066896909355458 | PMID = 20034984 }}</ref>
*Two reports of transformation into [[thymic carcioma]].<ref name=pmid20034984/>
*Two reports of transformation into [[thymic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid20034984/>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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DDx:
DDx:
*[[Thymic Carcinoma]] with sarcomatoid differentiation.
*[[Thymic carcinoma]] with sarcomatoid differentiation.


===IHC===
===IHC===